''I wonder, "Why me? Why have I survived?"'' Eric Clapton,
Rolling Stone, 1991 The million-selling, Grammy award-winning
master of the blues guitar, Eric Clapton still generates the kind
of adulation that led fans to graffiti London underground stations
in 1965 with the statement, ''Clapton is God''. And yet Clapton has
more thanan astonishing professional story to tell: he has survived
a personal journey blighted by tragedy and heartbreak. In 1990 he
lost four of his closest friends in a helicopter crash, followed a
year later by the devastating death of his four-year-old son Conor.
In this definitive study of the man and his music, Michael
Schumacher reveals with compassion and insight both the depths of
Clapton''s sorrow and the roots of his remarkable musical power.
From his days with the Yardbirds, through spells with Cream and
Derek and the Dominoes to a solo career that has spanned over a
quarter of a century, Schumacher superbly charts the development of
an enduring guitar legend.
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Michael Schumacher is an acclaimed reporter and author.